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• For me, MMA is like speed chess. It's like I'm herding a person into a certain position. Say my endgame is an arm bar. I'm not gonna actually take you and put you there. What I'm going to do is convince you that it's a good idea to move in the direction I want you to go.

  Ronda Rousey

  Moving, Mma, Ideas

  "Ronda Rousey: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 26, 2012.

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• I know how to take good ideas and turn them into sensible law at great odds.

  Elizabeth Emken

  Odds, Law, Ideas

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• I would never advise shooing away a good idea.

  Phoebe Stone

  Ideas, Advise

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• If you're a kid at a secondary comprehensive in North London as I was in the seventies, prancing around doing acting and being a luvvie wasn't really a good idea for your personal security.

  Steve McFadden

  Kids, Ideas, Acting

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• To the artist, the Book of Genesis is an account of six days in which God suggested some really good ideas.

  Robert Breault

  Book, Artist, Ideas

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• When you slick back your hair, you get a really good idea of just how melon-like your head actually is.

  Nathan Fillion

  Hair, Ideas, Like You

  "Michelle Monaghan Interviews Nathan Fillion About Tyler Shields 'Historical Fiction' Photo Exhibit (Exclusive)". Interview with Michelle Monaghan, www.justjared.com. May 18, 2016.

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• It's a good idea not to major in minor things.

  Tony Robbins

  Ideas, Majority, Minor Things

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• If you have the personalities down, you understand them and identify with them; you can stick them in any situation and have a pretty good idea of how they're going to respond. Then it's just a matter of sanding and polishing up the jokes. But if you've got more ambiguous characters or stock stereotypes, the plastic comes through and they don't work as well. These two characters clicked for me almost immediately and I feel very comfortable working with them.

  Bill Watterson

  Character, Ideas, Two

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• I do not believe that we can put into anyone ideas which are not in him already. As a rule there are in everyone all sorts of good ideas, ready like tinder. But much of this tinder catches fire, or catches it successfully, only when it meets some flame or spark from outside, i.e., from some other person.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Believe, Fire, Flames

  Albert Schweitzer (2015). “The Light Within Us”, p.13, Open Road Media

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• People go through four stages before any revolutionary development: 1. It's nonsense, don't waste my time. 2. It's interesting, but not important. 3. I always said it was a good idea. 4. I thought of it first.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Change, Ideas, People

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• I worry that there are people who are put in positions of authority because they're good talkers, but they don't have good ideas.

  Susan Cain

  Ideas, People, Worry

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.52, Broadway Books

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• It's never a good idea to organize society in a way that depletes the energy of half the population.

  Susan Cain

  Ideas, Energy, Population

  "The Power of Introverts: A Manifesto for Quiet Brilliance". Interview with Gareth Cook, www.scientificamerican.com. January 24, 2012.

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• Not every good idea survives. Not every new form of art is repeated. Not every new potential instinct is successful. Only the successful ones get repeated. By natural selection and then through repetition they become probable, more habitual.

  Rupert Sheldrake

  Art, Successful, Ideas

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• When something has to be done, do it! In France we are full of good ideas, but we rarely put them into practice.

  Bernard Arnault

  Practice, Ideas, Done

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• When good ideas get put to bad use, it is the fault of the user, not the idea.

  Walter Darby Bannard

  Ideas, Faults, Use

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• Communism is like prohibition, it is a good idea, but it won't work.

  Will Rogers

  Ideas, Communism, Prohibition

  'Weekly Articles' (1981) vol. 3, p. 93 (first published 1927)

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• So when a good idea comes, you know, part of my job is to move it around, just see what different people think, get people talking about it, argue with people about it, get ideas moving among that group of 100 people, get different people together to explore different aspects of it quietly, and, you know – just explore things.

  Steve Jobs

  Life, Jobs, Moving

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• There are two things that have to happen before an idea catches on. One is that the idea should be good. The other is that it should fit in with the temper of the age. If it does not, even a good idea may well be passed by.

  Jawaharlal Nehru

  Ideas, Two, Age

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• Everything worthwhile is a good idea, but did you ever notice there is more bad ideas that will work than there is good ones?

  Will Rogers

  Ideas, Worthwhile, Bad Ideas

  Will Rogers (1982). “Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Roosevelt Years, 1933-1935”

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• It's a good idea to be in the physical presence of the enlightened teacher because it's not physical. You can hear the ocean from quite a ways away, but if you're standing right in front of it, it's easier.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Ocean, Ideas

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• How does humility manifest itself in leadership and in life? A humble person is more concerned about what is right than about being right, about acting on good ideas than having the ideas, about embracing new truth than defending outdated position, about building the team than exalting self, about recognizing contribution than being recognized for making it.

  Stephen Covey

  Motivational, Team, Humble

  Stephen M. R. Covey (2008). “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything”, p.100, Simon and Schuster

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• If you want to follow the path of love, it's a good idea to meditate on the heart chakra everyday. The heart chakra is in the center of the chest.

  Frederick Lenz

  Yoga, Heart, Ideas

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• It's sundown on the union
  And what's made in the USA
  Sure was a good idea
  'Til greed got in the way.

  Bob Dylan

  Work, Usa, Ideas

  "Song: 'Union Sundown'". 1983.

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• If you hear a good idea, capture it; write it down. Don't trust your memory. Then on a cold wintry evening, go back through your journal, the ideas that changed your life, the ideas that saved your marriage, the ideas that bailed you out of bankruptcy, the ideas that helped you become successful, the ideas that made you millions. What a good review-going back over the collection of ideas that you gathered over the years. So be a collector of good ideas for your business, for your relationships, for your future.

  Jim Rohn

  Motivational, Memories, Writing

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jan 31, 2013

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• When I first heard about Y Combinator, it was one of those ideas that just seemed forehead-slappingly obvious. Good ideas often do, in retrospect.

  Mark Fletcher

  Ideas, Retrospect, Firsts

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